Democracy faces threat from within its own institutions: Kerala Minister P.C. Vishnunath

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (UNI) Democracy need not be destroyed only through dictatorship or military coups; it can also be gradually undermined from within the democratic system itself, a disturbing trend evident in contemporary India, Kerala Cultural and Tourism Minister P.C. Vishnunath said here on Friday. He was speaking after releasing 'Adhikaram: Oru Samoohasasthra Padanam' (Power: A Sociological Study), authored by Dr. Antony Palakkal, former Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Kerala, at the Press Club here. Describing the book as an important contribution to the understanding of contemporary society, the minister said it examined complex sociological…